Trump, Venezuela and oil tanker
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President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday he had ordered a “A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela”—an escalation of the Trump Administration’s military pressure campaign on the South American country.
President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by announcing that he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers ” entering and leaving the South American country.
In response to President Donald Trump's partial blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has ordered his navy to escort ships carrying oil.